Trump demands $500B in rare earths from Ukraine for continued support
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Good thing everybody's respecting laws and treaties these days!
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Trump has larped as a mobster for most of his life.
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He never intended to support Ukraine. Never. This is just some bullshit to act like he's "Justified" in cutting support. Just wait until he finds an excuse to give it to Russia instead.
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The assumption would be post war the support would be reconciled similar to the way we handled Lend-Lease. Most of the aid would not be recovered but a portion would over a VERY long time. The US would basically have Ukraine paying interest forever while making trade deals to reduce the principle. All of them s was a play by Zelensky to kiss the ring and secure continued support. Trump just showed the world how much of a Russian ASSet he is, again.
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Well they do have rare earth minerals valued in Trillions of dollars and it's mostly all in or bodering Russian controlled territory.
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It probably will be $500 billion, but over 20 years and not factoring in investment costs.
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Yeah I get that but it just sounds absurd and douchey when you think about it. The equivalent would sorta be if someone agreed to help us if we gave them $67 Trillion worth of oil gas and wood in return.
And just from a morality/ethical standpoint it's goofy. Only help someone if they let you bend them over and rob them blind (I get it's a more nuanced than that but still, it just feels slimy)
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Military operations against Isis isn't imperialism, and it is a long shot away from other presodents' foreign policies.
The US's foreign policy under Obama and Clinton was anti-imperalist.
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Yes but it could be argued that that militarism is a form of imperialism.
Not sure if a puppet is meaningfully less imperialist than a protectorate.
